Florida Statute 445.002 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 445
WORKFORCE SERVICES

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F.S. 445.002

445.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Commerce.

(2) “For cause” includes, but is not limited to, engaging in fraud or other criminal acts, incapacity, unfitness, neglect of duty, official incompetence and irresponsibility, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, gross mismanagement, waste, or lack of performance.

(3) “Services and one-time payments” or “services,” when used in reference to individuals who are not receiving temporary cash assistance, means nonrecurrent, short-term benefits designed to deal with a specific crisis situation or episode of need and other services; work subsidies; supportive services such as child care and transportation; services such as counseling, case management, peer support, and child care information and referral; transitional services, job retention, job advancement, and other employment-related services; nonmedical treatment for substance abuse or mental health problems; teen pregnancy prevention; two-parent family support, including noncustodial parent employment; court-ordered supervised visitation, and responsible fatherhood services; and any other services that are reasonably calculated to further the purposes of the welfare transition program. Such terms do not include assistance as defined in federal regulations at 45 C.F.R. s. 260.31(a).

(4) “State board” means the state workforce development board established pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128, Title I, s. 101. The state board is the board of directors of CareerSource Florida, Inc., which works at the direction of the state board in consultation with the department as required by this chapter.

(5) “Welfare transition services” means those workforce services provided to current or former recipients of temporary cash assistance under chapter 414.

History.—s. 2, ch. 2000-165; s. 380, ch. 2011-142; s. 10, ch. 2020-30; s. 4, ch. 2021-164; s. 202, ch. 2024-6.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 445.002

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 445.002.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 445.002

Total Results: 9

ALACHUA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT v. Cummings

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-12-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 998 So. 2d 1164

Snippet: Beach Hotel Co. v. Town of Atlantic Beach, 147 Fla. 445, 2 So.2d 879, 884 (1941); Blake v. City of Tampa,

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1993-09-14T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: optometrist); s. 484.002(5) (opticians); s. 484.0445(2) (hearing aid specialists); 486.021(9) (physical

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1990-12-19T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: business" is defined for purposes of s. 159.445(2), Fla. Stat., to mean "an independently owned…full-time employees." 3 Pursuant to s. 159.445(2), Fla. Stat., "High technology" for purposes

Stubbs v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-03-10T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 522 So. 2d 444

Snippet: possession of cocaine and sentenced to a term of *445 two years incarceration,[1] an upward departure from

Cazares v. Church of Scientology of Cal., Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-12-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 444 So. 2d 442

Snippet: original criminal or civil judicial proceeding; *445 (2) Its legal causation by the present defendant against

Horn v. IBI Security Service of Florida, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1975-08-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 317 So. 2d 444

Snippet: defendant negligently entrusted the weapon to Lowe. *445 2. A finding that defendant's negligent entrustment

Rosche v. City of Hollywood

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1952-01-03T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 55 So. 2d 909

Snippet: Beach Hotel Co. v. Town of Atlantic Beach, 147 Fla. 445, 2 So.2d 879; Rafkin v. City of Miami Beach, Fla.,

North v. Albee

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1945-01-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 20 So. 2d 682, 155 Fla. 515, 157 A.L.R. 490, 1945 Fla. LEXIS 565

Snippet: final decree the liquidator used the sum of $44,445.02 of the money of John Ringling; the sum of $23,467.92

Bessie Cannon v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1926-01-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 107 So. 360, 91 Fla. 214

Snippet: Kuhlman v. Wieben, 129 Iowa 188, 105 N.W. Rep. 445, 2 L.R.A. (N.S.) 666. It was alleged in the indictment